This class holds terms to describe the S96 Environment of Rock Genesis.


This Class comprises the Types of Surface of a Component in a Thin-Section, e.g. rounded, lightly rounded


The environment of the genesis of a rock may also be called facies.
It is the past environment that typically differs significantly from the
deposit, i.e. the environment (stratum) where it was found nowadays.

The properties of the facies / environment of rock genesis usually can only be inferred from the rock or other material with varying certainty.


This Class comprises Terms or Taxa for specific Components (S95).

e.g.

a specific Taxa of a biogenic component is "Algae" or "Brachiopods"


Connects an S108_Environment with instances of S98_Characteristics_of_the_Environment (E55_Type). THese instances should be terms from a controlled vocabulary.


This class comprises components of rocks, like remnants of corals, pisoids, vacuols, erosion etc.


Local stratigraphic periods are periods that are not defined globally but only with a local extend.
From a hierarchical view, they are typically below the periods defined globally in the International Stratigraphic Chart.


This Class comprises the types of Orientation of a Component of a Thin-Section, e.g. aligned, intermediate orientation


Components that are of biological origin, like coral skeletons, molluscs, foraminifera.


This class is used to describes the physical aspects of the location of an object or -- more precisely -- the physical conditions surrounding an event. A typical example is its finding spot.

No restriction is made as to the extent and form of the environment.


Types of components (S110) of rocks, like non-skeletal grains, biogenic, ..


This class resembles stratigraphic periods that are / can be defined on a global scale.
It is recommended to use the terms and periods defined by the international stratigraphic chart.


Facies is the past environment in which the fossil or rock sedimented. It is not the same as the deposit and typically exhibits (or rather, exhibited) other properties.